Dodger Stadium to host baseball, with surfing and cricket outside Los Angeles at 2028 Olympics

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will feature baseball at Dodger Stadium in its return to the program with surfing and cricket held outside the city as part of an updated venue plan released Tuesday by the organizing committee.

Surfing will be at Trestles Beach, a renowned collection of surfing spots between northern San Diego County and southern San Clemente in Orange County, about an hour’s drive south of downtown Los Angeles. It formerly hosted a World Surfing League competition and attracts about 2.5 million visitors every year.

“We’ve promised the world an incredible Olympic Games and today we’re proud to share the plan that will make it happen,” LA28 chief executive officer Reynold Hoover said in a statement.

Cricket will return to the Olympics for the first time in a century in a temporary structure at the Fairgrounds in Pomona, about 35 miles from LA. Host committee chairman Casey Wasserman had initially said it was likely to be played on the East Coast, which would have better aligned with the time zone in India, home of the sport's biggest fan base.

Squash will make its Olympic debut on the Universal Studios lot, famous as the setting for movies and television shows.

Beach volleyball is going to Long Beach after negotiations fell through with the city of Santa Monica. Triathlon is moving from Long Beach to famed Venice Beach on the west side of LA.

Joining the sports in Long Beach are target shooting at a temporary indoor range at the city's convention center. Sport climbing will take place outside in the parking lot. Already planned for Long Beach is the new event of coastal rowing as well as marathon swimming.

Venice Beach will also be the starting location for the marathon and cycling road courses. The course layouts and finishing sites for both events will be announced later.

Boxing returns to the Olympic program with preliminary matches at the Peacock Theater across from Crypto.com Arena, which will host the final stages in downtown LA. Weightlifting also will be at Peacock, while artistic gymnastics and trampoline will be in Crypto.com Arena.

Volleyball will be at Honda Center in Anaheim, about 27 miles from downtown Los Angeles.

The city of Carson will host archery at Dignity Health Sports Park after the Rugby Sevens tournament. Shotgun shooting will be in South El Monte, about 14 miles from downtown LA.

Equestrian is set for Santa Anita racetrack in suburban Arcadia, which hosted the sport during the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Rhythmic gymnastics will be at Galen Center on the University of Southern California campus, along with badminton.

The Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley north of downtown LA will host 3x3 basketball, as well as modern pentathlon, BMX freestyle, BMX racing, skateboarding and skateboarding street.

The updated plan was announced after being approved last week by the International Olympic Committee's executive board. Still to come is an updated Paralympic venue plan.

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FILE - A blazing Olympic cauldron is seen at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

FILE - The crescent moon hangs above the Pacific Ocean as a surfer walks out of the water Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FILE - Beachgoers are seen at Venice Beach, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

FILE - A surfer leaves the water at Trestles surf beach in San Clemente, Calif., Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

FILE - Dodger Stadium is seen during the first inning of an opening day baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, Monday, April 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang, File)

FILE - An LA 2028 sign is seen in front of the Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner finally made his Stanley Cup playoff debut Monday night after 15 seasons and a league-record 1,078 regular season games.

Skinner ended the longest wait for a postseason debut in NHL history by contributing an assist in the Oilers' wild 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Skinner, who turns 33 years old next month, has been an NHL regular since he was 18. He has racked up six 30-goal seasons and 699 total points while scoring 373 goals in a standout career.

But Skinner spent his first eight seasons with Carolina, which missed nine consecutive postseasons during the 2010s, and the next six with the woebegone Buffalo Sabres, whose current 14-season playoff drought is the league's longest.

Skinner signed with Edmonton as a free agent last summer, but struggled to nail down a consistent role in the Oilers' lineup in the first half of the season. His game improved markedly in the second half, and he scored 16 goals this season while entering the playoffs as Edmonton's third-line left wing.

Skinner's teammates have been thrilled to end his drought this month. Connor McDavid presented Skinner with the championship belt that serves as their player of the game award after the Oilers clinched their sixth straight playoff berth two weeks ago.

Skinner's line got less playing time than the Oilers' top two groups while Edmonton mounted a four-goal comeback against the Kings, but it was also responsible for the Oilers' second goal. Skinner got the secondary assist when Mattias Janmark scored early in the third period to trim Los Angeles' lead to 4-2.

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Edmonton Oilers center Mattias Janmark, right, celebrates his goal with center Jeff Skinner during the third period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Edmonton Oilers center Jeff Skinner, left, moves the puck while under pressure from Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele during the first period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Monday, April 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)